Apparatus for provisionally separating lines of type or matrices.



No; 683,928. Patented nec. I7, 190|.

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APPARATUS FR PBOVlSlNALLY SEPARATING LINES 0F TYPE UB MATBICES.

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No. 688,928. Patented Dec. 17, |90I.

H. BURG. APPARATUS FUR PROVISIONALLY SEPARATFNG LINES 0F TYPE 0BMATRICES.

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H. BUIi. APPARATUS FUR PRDVISIUNALLY SEPARATING LINES 0F TYPE 0RMATRIGES.

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APPARATUS FOR PHBVISIUNALLY SEPARATING LINES 0F TYPE 0R MATRIGES.

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APPARATUS FOR PRVISIONALLY SEPARATI'NG Ll-NES F TYPE 0R MATBICES.

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(Application led may 14. 1898.)

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VHUBERT BURG, OF lVlOLLKIRCH, GERMANY.

SPECEFEGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 688,928, dated December17, 1901. Application led May 14, 1898. Serial No. 6801699. (No model.)

To all whom t mayoolwern:

Be it known that LHUBERT BURG, a subject ofthe GermanEinperor,rfesiding'atMollkirch,

near Rosheim, Alsace, Germany, have invented a new and useful Apparatusfor Pro third, in which it will be possible to'form paragraphs bydetaching lines of any length required to end the paragraph with thepredetermined word.

The general object of my invention is the formation of provisionalunjustified lines ending with a full word orwith a syllable, and

approaching as near as possible to the length required, which lines may'afterward be justiiied by hand 0r by a justifying apparatus to bringthem to the requiredlength. The type may be assembled into a uniformendless line by hand or by a setting-machine, the latter beingcontrolled by an operator or quite automatically by a register providedwith marks, by a perforated strip, or in any other wellknown manner.Perforated strips have been provided with special holes for dividing thetype into lines as well as for justifying the same in order to controlthe formation of deinitive justified lines of a predetermined length,and lines of no other length can be composed by the action of the saidstrip nor corrections made without changing at the same time the linebreaking'and the justifying holes. My apparatus entirely dispenses withthese inconveniences when using a perforated strip for composing types,as the strip for my purposes does not need line breaking nor justifyingholes and any corrections can be locally made by simply cutting out orpasting over the words to be removed, and by simply inserting a portionof strip containing any words omitted, no regard to be had for any otherportionof the strip. ifVhen using a perforated strip,l provide the samewith perforations for character-types, for provisional spaces, and forprovisional hyphen types between the syllables of words. As concerningthe latter it is not always necessary to provide on the stripperforations for hyphentypes between each two syllables, but it Ywillgenerally suffice to provide such perforations between somewhat longsyllables and to omit perforations between two consecutive shortsyllables. In the case of paragraphs I f u rther provide the strip withperforations for special types hereinafter called end types. Whencomposing the endless line by hand or by means of akeyboard, spaces,hyphen-types, and, if required, end types are to be set at proper placesin the endless line.

My invention therefore involves an endless line of type or matricescontaining at proper places provisional spaces, provisional hyphentypes,and end types, if required, no matter whether the endless line is composed byhand, by means of a keyboard, of quite automatically by means ofa register.

It further consists in successively removing afterward the provisionalhyphen-types from `the endless line, beginning from its forward end, insuccessively detaching therefrom after a space or a hyphen-typeindividual lines of a given length as nearly as possible, and inretaining in a line one hyphen-type in case the said line has beendetached after that hyphen-type, the detaching being controlled andperformed by the forward movement of the endless line itself or by theend type in the case of paragraphs.

My invention will be fully understood from the following descriptionofthe apparatus for carrying out the same and represented in theaccompanying drawings, in which* Figure l is a side view of such anappara# tus. Fig. lfL is a detail View of a portion of the mechanismshown in Fig. l; Fig. 2, a top View; and Figs. 3, 3, 3b, (which is asection on the line a: xof Fig. 3%) 4, and 5, inclusive, detail viewsthereof. Figs. 6 and 7 illustrate a modification of some of the devicesshown in Figs. l and 2. Figs. 8 and 9 illustrate another 1nodiiicationof the invention shown in Figs. l and 2. Fig. lO illustrates a space andan end type adapted for use with the devices shown in Figs. 8 and 9.Figs. 11,12, and 14 are views corresponding to Figs. 8, 9, and 10,respectively, illustrating another modification. Fig. 13 illustrates adevice for receiv- IOO ing the types ejected from the line by thedetached lines.

vices illustrated in Figs. 11 and 12. Figs. 15, 16, and 17 are views ofanother form of the invention corresponding, respectively, to Figs. 1,2, and 3. Figs. 18 and 19 are side and plan views, respectively, ot'another modified form of the invention. Figs. 2O and 21 are sectionalviews taken on the lines .fr and y y of Fig. 19. Fig. 22 is a rear Viewof the devices shown in Figs. 20 and 21, and Fig. 23 is a sectional viewtaken on the line e' e' of Fig. 18.

Referring first to Figs. 1 to 5, the endless line is assembled inachannel consisting of two walls 1 2 and a bottom 4 5, Fig. 3,longitudinally slotted at 3 by means of a revolving disk 6, providedwith a rubbing-surface 7, the several types 9 being supplied by aninclined channel 8 and set up by the disk and by means of an abutment10, the free end of the endless line thus proceeding in theassembling-channel. A galley 11 is provided at the left-'hand end of theassembling-channel, consisting of a bottom plate 13, carrying walls 12and partitions 14,`forming channels 15 for the reception of theindividual de- Ghannels 15 are closed at the right by movableslide-pieces 16, which are successively shifted toward the left by theentering of the detached lines and on which the free ends of the linesbear. The galley is shifted after the delivery of each line to bring anew channel into position to receive the next line. Slide-pieces 17 and18 are longitudinally movable on the walls 1 and 2, piece 17 acting todetach theindividual lines and shift the same into the path of piece 18,which in its travel toward the left moves said line along with it anddelivers the same into the galley. A spring-actuated slide 2O is mountedon piece 19 of the framework in extendingin a direction perpendicular tothe channel of the endless line, said slide being released by thepassing of a hyphen-type to eject the same from the endless line.

In accordance with the rules of typography individual lines cannot'bedetached except# after a space or a hyphen-type, and in order toautomatically perform the detaching of the lines, as Well as theejecting of the hyphen-types by means of such types, they must besusceptible of mechanical action. For this purpose I make the saidhyphen-types of greater length than the character-types, so that theywill project from the line, differentiating too the hyphen-types 21 fromthe spaces 22, Fig. 1, by making them of greater length. The main body23 of both is of a rectangular form equal in size to the body of thecharacter-types and provided with pin projections at both ends. All ofthe types are supported by the bottom 4 5 of the assembling-channel, andthe spaces and hyphentypes project downward from said channel, theirunder pinsextending through slot 3.

The ejecting device for the hyphen-types (represented in Fig. 2 in topview and in Fig. 3 in sectional view on line x a; of Fig. 2 from theright) is constructed and works as follows: Slide 20 is guided on piece19 and actuated toward the line by a spring 24. It is provided with apair of levers 26 27, ixed to the ends of a spindle 25, which is mountedin slide 20, lever 27 forming one piece with a catch-lever 28 29. Levers26 27 are each provided with a step 30 and with projections 31, enteringthe path of projections on the hyphen-types 21, but not extending intothe path of the lower projections on the spaces 22. Said levers are keptin the positions represented, Fig. 2, by a spring 32, the catch end 29of lever 28 being engaged and slide 2O thus locked by a tooth 33, fixedto piece 19; but as the line proceeds and the projections of ahyphentype strike the projections 3l of levers 26 27 catch-lever 28 willbe released and slide 2O driven forward by the spring 24, the steps 30of levers 26 27 engaging the hyphen-type and ejecting the same from theline into a slot 34 of channel-wall l, from which it drops by gravityand may be delivered to an assembling box or channel. Slide 2O is atonce driven back to its normal position and locked by catch 29 and tooth33 until released again by the following hyphen-type, 85o. Slide 2O isdriven back to its normal position, Fig. 3, by the following means: Awedge-shaped friction-clutch 35, covered with a rubbing material 37, ispivoted to and a wedge-shaped rod 36 movably mounted in the body ofslide 20, and a revolving disk 39, covered likewise with a rubbingmaterial 38, is placed beneath slide 20. In the position of the partsrepresented in Fig. 3 rod 36 has been shifted toward the left by its end41 contacting with an adjustable abutment 42, clutch 35 thus beingreleased from rod 36 and slightly raised by a spring 35', (shown in Fig.33,) so that no friction is developed between the rubbing-surfaces 3738. Slide 2O being released from catch-lever 28 29 is therefore free tostrike toward the left. By this movement the end 40 of rod 36 strikesagainst slide-piece 18 and the rod is shifted toward the right, so as tobring into close contact the rubbingsurfaces 37 38. Slide 2O willtherefore at once be driven back to its normal position and caught bycatch-lever 28 29, rod 36 at the same time being shifted toward the leftby its end 4l striking against the abutment 42 and surfaces 37 38brought out of contact. As disk 39 revolves very quickly thereciprocating movement of slide 20 is performed almost instantaneously,the latter thus being always in working position whenever a hyphen-typepasses by the same. The outer faces of slide 20, rod 36, and clutch-bar35 are covered by a plate 20. (Shown most clearly in Figs. 3a and 3b.)

The detaching of individual lines is eected as follows: Slide-piece 17is provided with a projecting arm 43, and a lever 44, actuated by aspring 46, is pivoted to the end of arm 43, so that its hook-shaped ends47 48 will extend into the path of the projecting types of TOO IlO

ceases the line, when pin 45, iixed to lever 44, is released from thestop-pin 49 of the framework. In normal position of the partsrepresented in the drawings slide-piece 17 is held against the pressureof a spring 50, Fig. 1, by an adjustable abutment 51, which is providedwith a tooth 52, that engages or bears against a tooth 53 on a lever 54.The latter is mounted on a spindle jonrnaled in an adjustable plate 55,together with a lever 56, projecting with its roller end through a slot55 of wall 1 into the assembling-channel of the endless line. Levers 5456 are kept in their normal position by a spring coiled on theirspindle. The reciprocating movement of slide-piece 17 is performed bymeans similar to the means described with reference to slide 20-namely,(see Figs. l and 14,) revolving disk 57 58, provided withrubbing-surfaces 59 60, wedgeshaped clutches 68 64, havingrubbing-surfaces 61 62, and a common rod 65, wedgeshaped at either endand shifted by alternately striking the adjustable abutment 66 67, theclutches 63 64 being lifted against the wedge-shaped faces of `bar 65 bysprings 63 64', respectively, and said parts being covered and protectedby a face or cover plate 17'. In the drawings rod 65 is shown in itsutmost left-hand position, and clutch 63 is depressed, but not intoreach of disk 57, and clutch 64 is released, no friction being developedbetween the surfaces 62. If now abutment 52 is released by strikinglever 54, as hereinafter described, slidepiece 17 will be moved toward`the left by spring 50 and the hook ends 47 48 of lever 44 adjusted intothe path of the projecting types. Clutch 63 of slide 17 is then engagedby the disk 57, and said slide is carried toward the left, carrying withit the portion of the line extending from its free end to the firstprojecting type against which hooks 47 48 strike during the travel ofpiece 17-t'. e., with reference to the example represented in thedrawings, Fig. 2, that portion of the line extending from its left-handend to the hyphen-type a, which in the present instance is the rstprojecting type struck by hooks 47 48 in their travel. As disk 57:revolves but slowly, any hyphentypes occurring in the portion of theline eX- tending from the ejecting-levers 26 27 to the hooks 47 48 willlikewise be ejected during thetravel of slide-piece 17 with the singleexception of one hyphen-type incase this type should be the last type inthe line and be grasped by the hooks 47 48, as supposed in the drawings,2, with respect to the hyphen-type i. This is effected by withdrawingfrom the path of the hyphen-types the projections 31 of theejecting-levers 26 27 during the passage of hooks 47 48, and isperformed by a stud 68 of slide-piece 17 acting on the arm 69 otatwo-arm ed lever, the other catch-arm 70 of which then releases atwoarmed lever 7l 72, actuated byA a strong spring and withdrawing theejecting-levers by striking with arm 72 against a roller 72 of slide2O.v In case the rst projecting type grasped by hooks 47 48 happens tobe a space the detached line will be obviously ended with that space.The detached individual line will therefore be broken either after afull word or a syllable, as required. When slide 17 reaches its utmostleft-hand position, it will be quickly reciprocated toward the right byreach of rod 65, Fig. 1, striking against abutment 66, clutch 63 thusbeing released and clutch 64 depressed into close contact with disk 58.`During the return stroke of slide 17 the hooks 47 48 slip over anyprojecting types and lever 71 72 is turned back to i-ts normal positionby a roller 74 on slide-piece 17 and caught again by catch-lever 69 70.Then as rod strikes against theabutment 67 clutch 64 is released andbrought out of contact with disk 58. Slide-piece 17 is therefore stoppedand shifted a little distance t0- ward the left by the pressure of thecompressed spring 50, but at once caught and retained in its normalposition by lever 54, which in the meanwhile has assumed its lockingposition, with its tooth 53 in front of abutment 52. As above mentioned,slide-piece 17 will be released to perform its function by strikinglever 54. This is effected by the proceeding of the endless line in theassemblingchannel as soon as its foremost end reaches and strikes lever56, and in order to detach individual lines of a given length or as nearto such length as possible plate 55, carrying levers 54 56 and abutment5l, is so adjusted that the space from the roller end of lever 56 to thehooks 47 48 equals the said length or surpasses the same a distancewhich can be made up by justifying. For this purpose plate 55 andabutment 51 are provided with set-screws 77 78 and wall 1 of theassemblingchannel and arm 43 fitted with screw-holes corresponding tothe different lengths of lines.

From the foregoing it will be clear that by means of the hooks 47 48there are successively detached from the proceeding endless lineportions ending with a full word or with .a syllable and approaching inlength as near as possible to a given length to which all the detachedlines can be brought by justification. The said hooks always grasp thefirst projecting type they reach in their travel toward the left, andthe line is therefore always broken after the last word or syllableallowed to enter the line. The lines detached and shifted toward theleft by slide-piece 17 are grasped by a pawl 79, pivoted to theslidepiece 18 and entering, in its working position 79', theassembling-channel through a lateral slot. As soon as slide-piece 17reaches its extreme left-hand position slide-piece 18 will be releasedand, engaging the line by means of pawl 79, deliver the same to thegalley and then return at once to normal position represented in thedrawings. This is effected by the means represented, Figs. 4 and 5, theformer being a side view and the latter showing a front View of Fig. 4from the left, the

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assembling-channel (represented in Fig. 5) being omitted in Fig. 4 forthe sake of clearness, as it would cover slide-piece 18. The latter islongitudinally guided on the wall 2 of the assembling-channel, Figs. 2and 5, and provided with teeth on its lower edge which engage with atoothed wheel 80,1oosely mounted on a revolving shaft 83. A pulley 81 isfixed to the toothed wheel and supports a weight-actuated belt 82', anda three-armed pawl 85 86 87, pivoted to wheel 80, engages with aratchet-wheel 84, fixed to shaft 83. The pawl is actuated by aspring-piece 88, fixed to wheel in such manner that the springkeeps thepawl in position as well when out of engagement with the ratchet-wheel,Fig. 4, as when in engagement therewith. In the latter case edge 89 ofspring-piece 88 bears against the extreme edge of lever-arm 87 and facespawl 85 toward the ratchetwheel. The contact-surfaces of the edge 89 ofsaid spring-piece and lever 87 are so shaped that by the slightestmovement of arm 86 toward the right the end 89 of spring-piece 88 willbe deprived of its support, thus grasping arm 87 from its outside andsuddenly and fully releasing arm from its engagement with theratchet-wheel.

Fig. 4 shows the several parts in their normal position. If nowslide-piece 17 reaches its extreme left-hand position an arm 90, Fig. 4,projecting laterally from slide-piece 17, strikes lever-arm 86 andbrings pawl 85 into engagement with ratchet-wheel 84, wheel 8O willtherefore be moved with carrying slidepiece 18 toward the left and raisethe weight suspended on belt 82. By this movement a pin 91, fixed toslide-piece 18, is brought to the dotted position 91', and the wheel 80having performed a complete revolution leverarm 86 strikes said pin; butthe end of the arm 86 moving faster than pin 91 (the vspeed of thelatter corresponding to the speed of the pitch-circle of wheel 80 andthe end of arm` 86 moving on a larger circle) said arm will be pressedtoward the right and arm 85 therefore suddenly brought out of engagementwith ratchet-wheel 84, asheretofore described. In consequence thereofthe weight on belt 82 is allowed to descend by gravity, driving backwheel 80 and slide-piece 18 to their normal position toward the right.

It has been mentioned heretofore that when using a perforated strip forcomposing the endless line it is not necessary' to provide on the stripperforations for hyphen-types between each two syllables, but that itshould in general suflce to leave pairs of consecutive short syllables.One can go further in this respect when the endless line will becomposed by an operator'at a keyboard or by hand. The ending of anindividual'line being marked in my apparatus by the approach of thebeginning of the endless line to lever 56 the operator is always enabledby locking to the assembling-channel to defer the setting ofhyphen-types to the time they are required and to stop the setting ofsuch types when they are superfluous. He will therefore in order toeconomize time not begin setting hyphen-types before the endless lineapproaches lever 56 and will stop the insertion of hyphen-types as soonas the line reaches this lever, which event could be indicated by theusual bell-signal. l

I will now describe the means for detaching individual lines of shorterlength which occur-in ending paragraphs. When composing by means of aperforated strip, the end of such a line is to be marked by a separatehole combination supplying an end type 92, Fig. 1, provided with alarger pin projection than the spaces and the hyphen-types as to projectfrom the line beyond the spaces and hyphens. The said end type iscontrolled by a special key when setting by means of a keyboard. As thecorrespondingindividual line must be detached after the end type,slide-piece 17 is to be released as soon as an end type passes by thehooks 47 48. For this purpose two levers 94 95 are mounted on a spindle93, journaled in channel-wall 1, and two rollers 96 97 are provided atthe ends of the said levers entering in close proximity of hooks 47 48the path of the most projecting end types, but not that of the space norof the hyphen-types. Another lever 98 is iiXed to spindle 93, bearingagainst a stud 99 of lever 54. By these means lever 54 is actuated andslide-piece 17 deprived of its support and released whenever an end typepasses rollers 96 97 and strikes' the lever system 94 95 98. In order touniformly actuate stud 99 by lever 98 in whatever-position plate 55 hasbeen adjusted, the working edge 100 of lever 98 assumes a parallelposition with respect to the channel-wall, thus being always in contactwith stud 99. Lever 98 is kept in its normal position by lever 54 and bythe above-mentioned spring coiled on the latter. When slide-piece 17performs its stroke, hooks 47 48 pass by the rollers 96 97, which leavesa sufficient space for the passage of the` hooks while the ejectingdevice is stopped, as heretofore described, on the passage of the endtype grasped by the hooks and thus retained in the line. In order tocarry the individual lines into the galley, all types projecting fromthe bottom of the assembling-channel must be raised before entering 'thegalley, as they would otherwise strike against its bottom. This iseffected by a spring-actuated lever 102 103, Fig. 1, pivoted to thebottom plate of the galley and oscillated by a very rapidly revolvingeccentric disk 104 ofvery slight eccentricity. As the projecting typespass the tapering end 105 of the said lever they will be quickly and yetsuccessively raised, the raising of the adjacent types being preventedby the rapidity of the oscillations or by friction between the types andthe channel-walls.

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the modification represented in Fig. 0 the hyphen-types are removed fromthe line by a pusher 108, which is oscillatcd by means of aspring-actuated lever 107 and rapidly-revolving eccentric disk 10G.Pusher 108 is pivoted to the lever 107 and by a spring 109 is drawntoward the line and at the same time kept in contact with a roller 110.The forked end of said pnsherextends across slidepiece 18 andchannel-wall 2 and is recipro-I ing the hyphen-type 112acorrespondinglyshaped body. As the slot is enlarged at its ends and thetype recessed at 113, the type can be ejected without trouble during itstravel from the position indicated, Fig. 7, (left hand,) to thatindicated, Fig. 7, (right hand,) wit-hout enlarging the slot throughoutits length, which might cause thin charactertypes adjacent to thehyphen-types to be wrongly ejected with the latter. In order to stop theaction of pusher 108 on the passage of hooks 117 48, an abutment 11eL isattached to slide-piece 17, so as to enter the path of a projectionvllof the pusher and intercepting the same at the proper time.

In the modifications represented in Figs. 8 to 17, inclusive, thehyphen-types are ejected longitudinally from above or from below. In themodilication represented in Fig. 8 which is a side view corresponding toFig. 1) a pusher 110 is pivoted to aspring-actuated lever 116 andoscillated bya rapidly-revolving eccentric disk 120. The pusher isactuated by the spring 117 toward the line and at the same time kept incontact with a roller 118. When the line passes underneath the pusher,the projecting types are struck, and as the spaces c, Fig. 10, and theend types d, Fig. 10, are prevented by their rectangular body fromleaving the line through the slotted bottom e 5 ot' theassembling-channel only the cylindrical hyphen-types e will be ejectedby the pusher. A rail 123, extending beneath slot 3, prevents thehyphen-types dropping out of the assembling-channel before reaching theproper ejecting-point, and strips 120 127 are provided at the upperedges of channel-walls 1 2, Fig. 9, in order to guide them in an uprightvertical position. The upper reduced portions ofthe spaces c and typesd, Fig. 10, are lengthened and the bodies shortencd in order to permitthese types to be raised, as required, to the bottom level ofthe galley.An abutment 124 is provided or a slidepiece 17 forintercepting pusher119 by means of its stud 125 at proper times and stopping its action forthe purpose mentioned. The

object of having the recess f, Fig. 10 and likewise Fig. 14, in the bodyot the end types (l d will he explained in the following descriptionwith respect to Figs. 15 to 17: NVhen using a strong spring 117',hyphentypes are Aforced out of the assembling-channel by the simplestroke of the pusher. However, I prefer to use a slight springdepressing only the hyphen-types, so that they enter between a pair ofrapidly-revolving frictionrollers 121 122, Fig. 9, and then are fullywithdrawn by the action of these rollers. In the modication representedin Fig. 11 the hyphen-types e' are shaped as shown in side view in Fig.12 and ejected out of the assembling-channel from below. rllhe ejectingdevice being of the same construction as described with reference toFig. 8, similar partshave been indicated by similar indexed numerals, afurther description not being deemed necessary. As the lower reducedportion of the hyphen-types e projects beyond the spaces c' and the endtypes d', Fig. le', the latter are not struck by the reciprocatingpusher, while the hyphen-types raised by the pusher enter between andare withdrawn by the rapidly-revolving friction-rollers 121' 122. 1norder to prevent any adjacent character-type from being wronglywithdrawn by friction, channel-wall 1, Fig. 12, is provided on its innerside with a rib 128 and the type characters guided thereon by a nick,while the recessed hyi'dien-type, Fig. 12, is not retained by rib 128.rllhe types withdrawn by rollers 121 122/ enter between tapes 129 180,Fig. 13, provided above the rollers, and are carried upward by the tapesuntil they are delivered at their upper end and tilted, as indicated byan arrow, so as to lie flat and descend by gravity in a channel 131,from which they maybe delivered to an assemblingbox or anassembling-channel.

In Figs. 15 to 17, inclusive, corresponding, respectively, to Figs. 1 to3,I have represented a complete apparatus of my invention provided withan ejecting device of the kind described heretofore with reference toFig. 8 and with a modified arrangement for detaching short lines.endinga paragraph, the latter arrangement corresponding to the moditied shapeof the end types d d', Figs. 10 and 14. So'far as the feature of myinvention represented in Figs. 15 to 17 corresponds to Figs, 1 to 3 andto Fig. 8 similar parts are indicated by similar numerals, and theworking of these parts is the same as described with reference to thesaid `figures. It will therefore suffice to describe the arrangement andthe working of:` the said modified part of the invention. In thismodification the spindle carrying the levers 5l and 56, as heretoforedescribed, is further provided with a lever 182 and actuated by-a spring133, a projection 131 of lever iixing the normal pnsitionot` the saidlever system. A lever 135i, pivoted to the framework, is looselyconnected to lever 132 by a rod 180, and a pin 137, projecting` IOO IIC

from lever 135, enters a recess 138 in aspringactuated pusher 140 whileoscillated by the fast-revolving eccentric disk 139 and guided at oneend on the. shalt ot' this disk and at the other end 141 in an openingin channel-wall 1. Pusher 140 is forced toward the assembling-channel bya spring 142, and the recess 138 of the pusher gives play to the pin 137iu such manner thatlever 135 is free to perform its stroke wheneveractuated from lever 56 by rod 136, and, on the other hand, lever 135will not be actuated by the stroke of pusher 140 unless such strokesurpasses a certain extent. Slide-piece 17 is provided with'an opening143, Fig. 15, so that its movement will not be obstructed by pusher 140.The end types, Figs. 10 and 14, are deeply recessed atfand pass withthis recess by the reduced pusher end 141 when proceeding with the line.As the pusher continuously and rapidly oscillates it enters recessf andperforms a large stroke, surpassing the above-mentioned extent, So as toact-nate lever 135 by means of pin 137 whenever an end type passes bythe pusher end, while on the passing by of a character-type (notrecessed) or a hypheu-type e, Fig. 9, receding but slightly behind thechai'- acter-types` but a comparat ivelyshort stroke can be performed bypusher 140, and lever 135 will not be actuated. The stroke of lever 135being transferred by rod 136 to levers 132 and 54, the latter releasesthe abutment 51 52 on arm 43 of slide-piece 17, which therefore beginsits stroke toward the left. At the same time hooks 47 4H enter theendless line, grasping the end type and detaching the individual lineafter that end type, as required in an ending line ot' a paragraph. Thedetaching of individual lines of full length is performed, as heretoforedescribed, by means of lever 56, not modified Whenever the endless linereaches the said lever. Holes 145 are provided at the left-hand end ofrod 136, corresponding to the above-mention ed screwholes 76 of arm 43and channel-wall 1, for the purpose of varying the distance betweenlevers 132 ,and 135 when adjusting the apparatus for different lengthsof lines. In order to prevent the hyphen-types from accidentallydropping out of the assembling-channel, strips 146 147 are providedunderneath slot 3, extending from either side of the rollers 121 122.The latter are mounted on fastrevolving shafts journaled in bearings 148149 150, and lnotion is imparted to the said shafts by means of pulleys151. A funnel 152, Fig. 17, is provided beneath rollers 121 122 toreceive the ejected hyphen-types and to deliver them to anassembling-receptacle.

Figs. 18 to 23 represent modifications of the apparatus heretoforedescribed, showing also means for measuring the length of the individualdetached lines and registering the number of spaces contained thereinwith respect to ajustifying device to be conveniently combined With myapparatus. Figs. 18 and 19 arerespectively a side View and a top ViewAcorresponding to Figs. l and 2 or Figs. 15 and 16, Figs. 2O and 21sectional views on lines 0a :1; and y 'y of Fig. 19, respectively seenfrom the right, and Figs. 22 and 23, respectively, a rear View and asectional View on line z a' of Fig. 18 of a detail hereinafter fullyexplained. The slide-piece 17 for det-aching individual lines is guidedon rods 153 154, carrying on a spindle 155 spring-actuated levers 44 44,which are provided with grasping projections 47 48. In the normalposition of slide-piece 17' represented in the drawings projections 4748 are withdrawn from the line bya stoppin 156. Slide-piece 17' isactuated toward the left by a weight 158, attached thereto by means of acord 157 or by a spring and locked against the strain thereof by atwo-armed catch-lever 159 160, bearing with a lateral projection 161against an abutment 162 on the slide-piece. Another cord 163 isconnected to the latter and wound on a cord-pulley loosely mounted on arevolving shaft 83', the latter having a ratchet-wheel 84 fixed thereto.Pulley 80 is provided with a three-armed pawl-lever 87','controlled byaspring-piece 88 89 in the same manner as described with ratchet-wheel 84in the position of slide-piece 17 representedin the drawings. Ifabutment 162 is released from the catch-lever arm 159, slide-piece 17will be drawn toward the left and the grasping ends 47 48 of levers 4444 enter the line, detaching and carrying along a portion of the line.As slide-piece 17 performs its stroke toward the left pulley 80 iscarried around by cord 163 and stopped, together with the slidepiece, bylever-arm 86, finally striking against the portion A' of the frame-plateA, and thereby causing 85 to engage with the ratchet-wheel. Pulley 80'is therefore turned in the opposite direction and slide-piece 17 carriedback toward the right to its normal position until lever-arm 86' strikesthe opposite portion A of frame-plate A, thereby again releasing pawl 85from the ratchet-wheel. At the saine time projection 161 of catch-lever159 catches the abutment 162 of the slide-piece, locking the sameagainst the pull of the weight. Slide-piece 17 is releasedto perform itsstroke by the following means: A support 167 is guided on rods 153 154,actuated toward the right bya weight 166 and cord 165 or by a spring andprovided With a hook-shaped spring-actuated supporting-le ver 164,entering the assembling-channel through a slot of wall 1 and bearing thefree end of the proceeding endless line. Lever 164 is caught against thepressure of its spring179 by a spring-actuated catch-lever 181 182 andsupport 167, provided with a stud 168, being upon the level of a roller169, mounted on the end of lever-arm 160 ofthe above-mentionedcatch-lever 159 160. As support 167 proceeds with the increasing lineroller 169 Will be struck upward, and thereby abutment 162 ofslide-piece 17 released from the catch-lever arm 159 by the passing ofstud 168 underneath roller 169. By these means a corresponding IIOportion of the endless line will be detached. In order to detach aportion of a predetermined length, (as required with respect to thegiven delinitivelength of theline afterjustificatiom) stud 168 can beadjusted by means of a set of holes 170, provided in the body ofsupport167. Slide-piece 18 is controlled by weight 176 and a cord 175 orby a spring and by a cord 177 passing on a cord-pulley provided witlrathree-armed pawl-lever 86 87 and a springpieee 88 89" and by aratchet-wheel 84, mounted on shaft 85', as described with respect toslide-piece 17. In its normalposition slidepiece 18 is caught againstthe pull of weight 176 by a catch 174 of a two-armed catch-lever 172173. It is released from the said catch to perform its stroke toward theleft by a pin 171 of slide-piece 17 striking against lever-arm 172. Thistakes place when the detached line has been shiftedby the slide-piece 17toward the left beyond the end of spring-pawl 79, slide-piece 17 thenreturning to its normal position and the line being forwarded anddelivered to the galley by pawl 79 during the left-hand stroke ofslide-piece 18. It may be observed that instead of connectingslide-piece 17 to pulley 80 and slide-piece 18 topulley by means ofcords 163 177, as represented in the drawings, any other convenientconnecting means may be made use of-as, for instance, a gearingbyproviding the pulleys with teeth and iiX- ing toothed racks to theslide-pieces to mesh with the gear-pulleys.l For reasons hereinafterexplained the line will be stopped before entering the galley, and thisis effected by an abutment 204 temporarily entering theassembling-channel and locked in its position. Until reaching the saidabutment the line bears against the supporting-lever 164 of the support167, traveling along with the same. The latter then having performed itsfunction is to be restored to its normal position to serve again as asupport for the proceeding endless line and to control the detaehing ofa new line portion. This is effected by a stop-pin 183, by strikingagainst which lever-arm 182 of the catch-lever 181 182 is thrown out ofposition against the pressure of spring 180, thus releasing leverarm164, which is thrown out of the path of the line by the spring 179.'Support 167 thus being released is carried back toward the right to itsnormal position by the pull of weight 166, and in reaching the sameleverarm 178 strikes against a stop-pin 184, so as to enter again theline and to allow eatclrlever 1.81 to assume again its locking positionin order to catch lever 164. The abutment 204, being adjustable forreasons hereinafter explained withrespect to the predetermined length ofline, stop-pin 183 can accordingly be adjusted by -means of a set ofholes 183. The ejecting device for the hyphen-types consists of aspring-actuated slide 20', guided on the frame-piece 19 and providedwith levers 26 27, the hyphen-types being pulled out of line through aslot 185 of wall 2 by means of the hook-shaped ends of the levers. Theslide is held against the pressure of its spring 24 by catches 29 29" oflever-arms 2H 28, which engage teeth 88 33 on piece 19, and is releasedby the pin projections of the hyphen-types, as heretofore described.Slide 20 is restored to its locked position by means of aspring-actuated friction-roller 186, eccentrically pivoted to theslide-body, and by a friction-disk 189, mount-A ed on a revolving shaft190, the latter passing through a slot 191 of slide 20. The latterhaving been released and `performing its stroke, roller 186 will bebrought into frictional contact with disk 189 and carried around byfriction; but in consequence of its being eceentrically pivoted slide 20at the same time is shifted toward its normal position,thecatchends2929"of1ev ers 2828pass ing thereby beyond teeth 33 83". Roller 186thus having performed half a revolution, slide 20' begins again torecede, but will be immediately caught by the teeth 33 33, no frictionbeing further developed between roller 186 and disk 189; but as roller186 then necessarily has been carried around beyond half a revolutionspring 188 assumes a working position, with the eifect to complete therevolution of roller 186, thus being restored to its initial positionand ready to perform its function the next time. The ejecting devicemust be made inoperative, as heretofore explained, by passing of ahyphen type grasped by the lever projections 47 48. in the presentmodification this is directly effeeted by the levers 44 44", the freeends thereof traveling in the path of the hook ends. of levers 26 27 andstriking the latter beforethe grasped hyphen-type ent-ers the recessesof the said levers. Slide 20 being released, the levers perform theirstroke without pull` ing ont the hyphen-type.

It may be desirable to combine my apparatus with a justifying device, asthe detached lines necessarily must be afterward justified, and, on theother hand, the iinal object of my invention is to detach from anendless line individual line portions susceptible of being afterward justiied. With that view it is of importance to control the length ofeach detached line portion and to registerthe number of provisionalspaces containedi therein in order to properly adjust the main parts ofthe justifying apparatus and enable the same to perform the justifyingof eac-h individual line. I have therefore provided in the presentmodieation of my invention means for controlling the length of each lineportion and for registering the number of provisional spaces containedin such a line portion. For the latter purpose 1 have provided aspring-actuated slide 20', guided ou the frame-piece 19 and carryingfeeler-levers 26 27', which are furnished with catch-lever extensions 2829 28" 29, adapted to be caught by teeth 33' 33 ,substantially as-shownIIO IZO

and described with respect to the ejecting device for the hyphen-types.However, in the present instance the function of the feelerlevers is notto act upon the spaces, but, on the contrary, to be actuated by thespaces for the purpose of releasing slide-piece 20 as each space passesthereby. Levers 26 27 are provided, respectively, with projecting plates192 193, which enter the path of the pin projections of the spaces, andto slide 20 are fixed stop-pieces with knife-edges 194 195, the latterforming prolongations of the said plates in the unlocked position oflevers 26 27. By these means levers 26 27 when struck by a spacereaching plates 192 193 will release slide 20', which will make itsstroke toward the assembling-channel. The pin projections of the spacewill be thereby released from plates 192 193, but immediatelyintercepted by the knife-edges 194 195, while the levers 26 27' areimmediately restored by their springs to their position toward theright. As slide 20 is driven back plates 192 193 pass freely on theright of the pin projections, which are still supported on the left bythe'knife-edges 194 195, the line thus being prevented from proceeding astep unless plates 192 193 enter the path of the pin projections of thespaces and assume their working position with respect to the nextfollowing space. The described means are somewhat similar to thewell-known type-writer escapernent. Slide 20' is driven back to itsnormal position by the same means as described and shown with respect toslide 20'- t'. e., by a friction-roller 186', a spring 188',controllingrthe same, and a friction-disk 189 on. shaft 190, passingthrough a slot 191 of slide 20. By the passing of a line portion slide20', therefore, will perform as many strokes as there are word-spaces ina line, or, properly speaking, one stroke too many, as there is aspace-type or a hyphen-type at the end of each line portion. However,this being the case for each line, no inconvenience will be involvedtherein with respect to the justifying apparatus, to which the strokesof slide 20 are transferred by any convenient means. The length oftheindividual line portions is controlled as follows: A slide-piece 197,guided in the assembling-channel and by a projection 197l in a slot 196of channel-wall 2, is loosely connected by a screw 198 to a rod 200,fixed to slide-piece 18', the upper enlarged portion of the screw-shaftpassing through a slot 199 of the rod, as shown in Figs. 18, 19, and 22,rear view from the left-hand end of Fig. 18. Slide-piece 197, whenevershifted toward the left, thus will b'e brought to its normal position(indicated in the drawings) by slide-piece 18' when the latter assumesits normal position, and is temporarily locked in that position againstmoving toward the left by a bar 201, Figs. 19 and 20, guided in theframe portion B and controlled by a forked lever 206, mounted on asquarevrod 207. A plate 203,

Figs. 18, 19, and 23, provided with an angular abutment 204 andconnected to a guide-plate 202, can be fastened to slide-piece 197 bymeans of the shouldered portion of the abovementioned screw 198 andadjusted thereto, according to the predetermined length of line, bymeans of a set of screw-holes 205, Fig. 18, provided in the'combinedparts 202 203. Rod

207 is journaled in a support of the frame portion B and in a support Cand carries two adjustable tappets 208 209, provided with inclined andoppositely-projecting ribs 210 211, the latter being alternately struckby a roller 212 of slide-piece 17 in such a manner that during thetravel of slide-piece 17 toward the left tappet 208 will be struck frombelow and rod 207 accordingly turned and bar 201 shifted into itslocking position, so as to intercept slide-piece 197 from the left,while during the travel of slide-piece 17 toward the right tappet 209 isstruck from above and slide-piece 197 released from the locking-bar. Bythese means a line portion having been detached by slide-piece 17 iscarried into the reach of pawl 79". If the latter performsits stroke tothe left, it will be stopped, together with the line, by the abutment204. The line thus bearing against the latter, the above-mentionedsupporting-lever 164 of support 167 is disengaged from the line, asheretofore described, and the line is kept stationary for a time, and asall the successively-detached line portions thereby assume a position inwhich their left-hand ends rest at one and the same point of theassembling-channel (abutment 204 being an invariable stop) they canobviously be measured as to length from the right. This is eected by aspring-actuated slidepiece or a lever 214, Figs. 18 and 19, permanentlykeptin contact with a stud 213 of slidepiece 18. During the standstillperiod of each line lever 214 is therefore adjusted in accordance withits length, and the corresponding stroke of the lever is transferred byany convenient means to the justifying apparatus thus controlled bytheindividual line portions. In the meanwhile slide-piece 17 performsits travel toward the right, disengaging abutment 204 by its roller 212and the tappet 209, and the line is now forwarded and delivered to thegalley until slide-piece 18 reaches its extreme left-hand position. Asnow slide-piece 18 begins its travel toward the right by the meansheretofore described abutment 204 will remain stationary for a time byreason of its slot connection with rod 200, allowing thus of shiftingthe line upward or sideward out of the way of the abutment on its traveltoward the right and is then carried along with slide-piece 18 untilboth reach their normal right-hand positions. In the meanwhile theendless line proceeds in the assembling-channel, causing all parts ofthe apparatus to work again in the described succession and manner.Abutment 204 is recessed at 215, Fig. 23, in order to allow of IOC IIO

supporting-lever 164: passing through and being disengaged just as theline reaches the abutment.

Having noW particularly described andascertained the nature of thisinvention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare thatWhat I claim isl. A composed continuous line comprising character-types,provisional hyphen-types, and provisional space-types, said character,

hyphen and space types differing from each for separating saidcontinuous line into inrdividual lines of approximately uniform 1length, for the purpose set forth.

sembling-channel for the continuous line, an r Iejecting device forejecting hyphen-types lfrom the continuous line, means for actuating theejecting device, a slide-piece for detaching individual line portionsfrom the con- =tinuous line provided with a gripper, means g forreciprocating the said slide-piece, another lslide-piece for receivingthe Vdetached line;

portion and delivering the same to a galley, means for reciprocating thelatterslide-piece, and means for temporarily suspending the action ofthe ejecting device, substantially as and for the purposes described.

6. An apparatus for forming provisional individual lines of types ormatrices from a continuous line, consisting of an assemblingchannelforthe continuousline, an ejectingdevice for ejecting hyphen-types from thecontinuous line, means for actuating the ejecting device, a slide-piecefor detaching individual line portions from the continuous line providedWith a gripper, means for reciprocating the said slide-piece, anotherslide-piece for receiving the detached line portion and delivering thesame to a galley, means for reciprocating the latter slide-piece, meansfor temporarily suspending the action of the ejecting device, and aspace-registering device intermittingly reciprocated by the spaces ofthe detached line portion, substantially as and for the purposesdescribed.

7. An apparatus for forming provisional individual line portions oftypes or matrices from a continuous line, consisting of anassembling-channel for the continuous line, an ejecting device forejecting byphen-types from the continuous line, means for actuating theejecting device, 4a slide-piece for detaching individual line portionsfrom the continuous line provided with a gripper, means forreciprocating the said slide-piece, another slide-piece for receivingthe detached line portion and delivering the same to a galley, means forreciprocating thelatter slide-piece, means for temporarily suspendingthe action of the ejecting device, and a line-ineasuring devicecontrolled by an abutment for temporarily stopping the detached lineportion, substantially as and for the purposes described.

8. In an apparatus for detaching provisional individual line portions oftypes or matrices r from a continuous line contained in an as- 4. Thecombination With a suitable channel sembling-channel and provided Withprovisional hyphen-types, an ejeeting device for the liypen-types,consisting of a spring-actuated slide, means for locking the slide, alever or levers pivoted to the same and entering the path of projectionsof the hyphentypes projecting from the continuous line, a stop providedat the end of the lever or levers, means for releasing the slide by thelever action, a slot provided in the Wall-of the assembling-channelopposite to the springj actuated slide, and means for temporarilyrendering said lever or levers inoperative, substantially as and for thepurposes described. A

9. in an apparatus fordet-aching provisional individual line portions oftypes or matrices from a continuous line contained in anassembling-channel and provided with provisional hyphen-types, anejecting device for IOO IIO

the hyphen-types, consisting of a spring-acy tuated slide, mea-ns forlocking the slide, a hooked lever or levers pivoted to the same andentering the path of projections of the hyphen-types projecting from thecontinuous line, means for releasing the slide by the lever action, aslot provided in the Wall of the assembling-channel, opposite to thespringactuated slide, and means for teun porarily rendering said hookedlever or levers inoperative to permit a hyphen-type to pass,substantially as and for the purposes described.

10. The combination With a channel, and a line therein comprisingcharacter-types, and hyphen-types having projecting portions of a devicemovable transversely to said channel and adapted to engage theprojecting portions of the hyphen-types, means for moving said device,and an openingin the channel-Wall ISO at suitable intervals to withdrawthe hyphen- 3- types, substantially as described.

12. The combination with a channel, and a1 line movable thereincomprising charactertypes, space-types and projecting portions, of aspace-register device comprising a slide movable transversely to thechannel, a spring for moving said slide in one direction, means forlocking the slide against the action of the spring, means operated bythe space-types for releasing the slide, and means for restoring thespring to its initial position, whereby lsaid slide is caused to moveone complete reciprocation each time a space-type passes it,substantially as described.

13. The combination with a channel, and a line movable thereincomprising charactertypes, and space-types having portions projectingabove and below th'e channel, of a slide reciprocating transverselyvtothe channel, levers carried by the slide and having their ends normallyin the path of the projections of the space-type, and means for causingsaid slide to make a complete reciprocation each time a space-type comesin contact with said levers, substantially as described.

14. In an apparatus for forming provisional individual line portions oftypes or matrices from a continuous line contained in anassembling-channel, the combination of a slidepiece for detachingAportions from the continuous line, a slide-piece for receiving thedetached line portion and delivering the same to a galley, an adjustableabutment entering the assembling-channel, means foradjusting the saidabutment relatively to the line receiving and delivering slide-piece,and means for temporarily locking the abutment in its adjusted position,substantially as and for the purposes described.

15. In an apparatus for automatically detaching individual lines from amoving continuous line, a device movable in front of the continuousline, and means for parting said line to separatean individualline, theaction of the parting means being controlled by the advance of saiddevice, substantially as described.

16. 'lhe combination with a channel for holdingand guidinga movingcontinuous line of a slide movable adjacent to the channel and adaptedto be carried forward by the advancing end of the line, and meansgoverned by said slide for separating the continuous line intoindividual lines of approximately equal length.

17. The combination with a channel for moving a continuous line, of aline-detaching device comprising a slide, a lever pivoted to the slideand adapted to enter the line, means for retracting the slide andholding the lever out of the channel, and means governed by theadvancing line for releasing the slide and permitting the lever to enterthe line, whereby a portion of the line is detached and carried forwardtoward a galley, substantially as described.

18. The combination with the channel ofa continuous line, the slideadjacent to the channel, the line-detaching levers carried by saidslide, means for locking the slide in its rearmost position, meansgoverned by the advancing line for releasing said slide, a weight orequivalent device for carrying said slide forward, and power-drivenmechanism adapted to automatically engage and return said slide to itsinitial position.

19. Ina machine of the class described, a channel for a continuous line,a slide having a hook or pawl adapted to be engaged and forwarded by theadvancing line, a second slide provided with line-detachingleversconstructed to detach and forward a portion of the continuous line, anda third slide arranged to subsequently engage said detached portion andforward it to a galley, substantially as described.

20. In an apparatus for detaching provisional individual lines of typesor matrices from a continuous line contained in an assembling-channel,the combination of a slidepiece for detaching portions from thecontinuous line, a slide-piece for receiving the` detached line portionand delivering the same to a galley, a toothed wheel loosely mounted ona revolving shaft and meshing with the line receivingand deliveringslide, a ratchetwheel fixed to the revolving shaft, a pawl pivoted tothe -said toothed wheel, means for alternately engaging the pawl withand disengaging the same from the ratchet-wheel, and means for shiftingthe line-receiving slide toits normal position, substantially as and forthe purposes described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

HUBERT BURG.

f Witnesses:

EDOUARD THOMAS, ERNEST THERION.

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